Hi Mikko, Frankly, nothing simpler on a Mach1 I still have the CP3 and I also had a CP4 with a station made with the keypad. Since I am near the meridian of Geenwich I chose to operate in UT (PC and

Jack Which model control box and hand controller do you use? Are they universal to all column models? My rig (127mm refractor AP-900 mount) is not that heavy would likely go with a single column. Not

Thanks Jack I have a lathe and drill press and could do some work myself. Will look into this further. Thanks for the link to the Linak site. Will check out their site as well as Ebay. Keep safe Don

Hi Mikko, After you recal/sync the mount via a platesolve and return to one of the park positions it can appear to be in the wrong position under certain conditions such as: * The pier/tripod is not

Christopher, I just checked Ebay and there were several Linak lifting columns and accessories available. The key is getting a system with hand controller, control box, cables and lifting column.

Don, I do not know if Linak sells direct to the general public. Here is a link to their website: https://www.linak-us.com/products/lifting-columns/ The DL2 is the column that I have been using. If

I tried to download from the website, but I think they are shut down. You can do it from the DC-3 Dreams web site. It is not as bad as they make it out to be. Frank

Well it seems that "park from the last position" was the cure and yesterday evening the Mount slewed were it was supposed to and plate solved the first image in seconds as before this whole episode

Thanks for the tip Chris Keep safe from Covid2 Don Anderson On Saturday, March 21, 2020, 08:33:37 p.m. MDT, Christopher Erickson

Park 3 is on purpose not exactly at the celestial pole, but close. So, that's okay. It seems like unparking from last parked position has solved the problem, correct? It's always safer to unpark from

I have seen a fair number of Linak re-sellers on eBay. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I spent hours trying to figure out why one of my PCs would not recognize that there was an APCC update. After converting https to http these links worked for me. Thanks Ray. Jerry

Thanks!

Thank Jack I have been thinking about these as a pier option for a couple of years now. I know that they are sold by Pier-tech. I was thinking they would be cheaper direct from Linak. Will Linak sell

Hey, guys, FWIW, I had to reload guide star catalogs at the end of 2019 and I contacted Bob Denny directly. At that time, he sent me to the second link Wayne listed below, so I would say Bob’s

I normally use GSC but read that ASNO A2.0 was better with smaller FoVs.

Wayne I believe that USNO A2.0 is not available https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/information/catalog-info/catalog-information-center-1 Note tht Bob Denny's recommendation to use this catalog

Be safe guys. We have an office in Beloit (which I still visit regularly) and I just heard that Rock county had their first case. I lived in Roscoe for two years in early 2000 before moving to

Thanks Dale. I don't own a hand controller, never saw the need for it. Every time I have checked the time it's the same in all computers. But to your point, I'm suspecting that the time is the

Trying to install the subject catalog for use with Pinpoint plate solving, but all the links I've tried seem to be broken. Does anyone have a current link for this catalog?